xū砉
砉
literary
onomatopoeia
Meaning of 砉
砉 means onomatopoeia for the sound of flesh separating from bone (as in butchery or dissection). Pronounced xū.
- onomatopoeia for the sound of flesh separating from bone (as in butchery or dissection)
Character Info
Radical口
Strokes7
Stroke Order
砉
Definitions & Examples
Xū砉
rán然
xiǎng响
rán然
，
zòu奏
dāo刀
huō▲
（
ránh
u
ō
）
然
。
'Huò' it sounded, and then the blade went 'huō' (from Zhuangzi, describing the sounds of expert butchery).
Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
cháng常
yòng用
“
xū砉
rán然
”
xíng形
róng容
páo庖
dīng丁
jiě解
niú牛
de的
shēng声
yīn音
。
Classical texts often use 'xū ran' to describe the sound of the cook Ding dissecting an ox.